Sam Dente

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: April 26, 1922 in Harrison, NJ us

Died: April 21, 2002 in Montclair, NJ

Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, NJ

High School: Kearny HS (Kearny, NJ)

School: Fairleigh Dickinson University (Teaneck, NJ)

Debut: July 10, 1947 (Age 25-075d, 10,339th in major league history)
vs. DET 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 13, 1955 (Age 33-140d)
vs. WSH 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season

Full Name: Samuel Joseph Dente

Nicknames: Blackie

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Relatives: Grandfather of Rick Porcello

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-3.3

2320

585

.252

205

RBI

214

OBP

.303

SLG

.305

OPS

.608

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	7 (6)	Apr 18	CLE	@	KCA	W,11-9	GF	13	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
2	9 (1)	Apr 22	CLE		DET	W,8-5	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
3	11 (1)	Apr 24	CLE		DET	L,4-6	GF	15	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	19 (7)	May 3	CLE		NYY	W,7-4	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
5	20	May 4	CLE		NYY	L,5-11		21	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
6	21	May 6	CLE		KCA	W,4-1	GF	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
7	22	May 7	CLE		KCA	W,9-3	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
8	23	May 8 (1)	CLE		KCA	W,9-6	GF	19	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	PR 3B
9	24	May 8 (2)	CLE		KCA	W,2-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
10	25	May 10	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-6	GF	17	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
11	28 (2)	May 15 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-4	GS	25	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
12	29	May 15 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
13	30	May 17	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	SS
14	31	May 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,19-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
15	32	May 20	CLE	@	DET	L,4-11	CG	42	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
16	33	May 21	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	GS	31	7.0	1	8	0	9	1	SS
17	34	May 22	CLE	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
18	35	May 24	CLE		CHW	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
19	36	May 26 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
20	37	May 26 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,10-9	CG	44	9.0	2	2	2	6	2	SS
21	38	May 28	CLE	@	KCA	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	SS
22	39	May 29	CLE	@	KCA	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
23	40	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
24	41	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
25	42	May 31	CLE		BAL	W,2-1	CG	47	13.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	43	Jun 1	CLE		BAL	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	SS
27	44	Jun 2	CLE		BAL	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
28	45	Jun 3	CLE		WSH	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
29	46	Jun 4	CLE		WSH	L,5-14	CG	51	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
30	47	Jun 5 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,4-6	GS	23	5.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
31	48	Jun 5 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,6-3	GS	29	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
32	49	Jun 7	CLE		BOS	L,5-9	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
33	50	Jun 8	CLE		BOS	L,4-5	GF	19	5.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
34	51	Jun 9	CLE		BOS	L,2-4	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
35	52	Jun 10	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
36	56 (3)	Jun 14 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-4		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
37	60 (3)	Jun 17 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
38	61	Jun 17 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-2	GF	9	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
39	62	Jun 18	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
40	63	Jun 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-11	GF	10	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
41	68 (4)	Jun 25	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
42	69	Jun 26 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-0	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
43	72 (2)	Jun 29	CLE		KCA	L,4-12	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	76 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		DET	W,6-5	GF	25	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
45	79 (2)	Jul 6	CLE	@	KCA	W,8-4	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
46	88 (8)	Jul 17 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,0-6		9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
47	91 (2)	Jul 20	CLE		WSH	L,4-6	GF	15	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
48	92	Jul 21	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	GF	16	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
49	94 (1)	Jul 23	CLE		BAL	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
50	97 (2)	Jul 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-5	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B SS
51	101 (3)	Jul 30	CLE	@	BAL	W,7-0	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	107 (5)	Aug 5	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-7	GF	15	4.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
53	108	Aug 6	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-6	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
54	109	Aug 7	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-9	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	PH SS
55	111 (1)	Aug 10	CLE		DET	W,6-4	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
56	113 (1)	Aug 12 (1)	CLE	@	KCA	W,17-1	GF	14	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
57	116 (2)	Aug 14	CLE	@	KCA	L,3-7	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
58	121 (4)	Aug 20	CLE		KCA	W,7-5	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
59	122	Aug 21	CLE		KCA	W,9-4	GF	13	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
60	123	Aug 23	CLE		BOS	L,3-8	GF	17	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
61	127 (3)	Aug 27	CLE		NYY	W,7-6	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	133 (5)	Sep 3	CLE		CHW	W,6-1	GF	20	5.0	0	3	0	3	0	PR 3B
63	134	Sep 4 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,5-3	GF	7	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
64	135	Sep 4 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
65	136	Sep 5 (1)	CLE		KCA	L,4-5	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
66	137	Sep 5 (2)	CLE		KCA	W,9-2	GF	8	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
67	141 (3)	Sep 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-7	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
68	144 (2)	Sep 13 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
69	145	Sep 13 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
							70gm		322.0	42	105	3	150	17